matricide
matricide · matricides
матеревбивство
матереубийство, матереубийца
Muttermord, Matrizid, Muttermörder, Muttermörderin
The killing of one's motherThe killing of one's mother.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The killing of one's mother.
Gerald was imprisoned for matricide: he strangled his mother.
Muttermord, Matrizid
матереуби́йствоmatereubíjstvo
матеревби́вствоmaterevbývstvo
the murder of your mother
(countable, uncountable)A person who kills his or her mother.
Nancy was a matricide; it happened four years ago.
Muttermörder, Muttermörderin
матереуби́йцаmatereubíjca
a person who murders their mother
Translations
8 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
killing of one's mother:
Русский
By meaning 2
killing of one's mother:
person who kills their mother:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
killing of one's mother:
person who kills their mother:
Origin
From French matricide, from Latin mātricīda (“person who kills his own mother”) and mātricFrom French matricide, from Latin mātricīda (“person who kills his own mother”) and mātricīdium (“the murder of one's mother”). By surface analysis, matri- + -cide.
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Forms
plural: matricides| Singular | matricide |
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regular
Word family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable